Bag-fastener



T. McHAFFIE,

BAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC- 2|, I918.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

THOMAS MICHAFFIE, 0F FUSILIER, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

BAG-FASTENER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed December 21, 1918. Serial No. 267,803.

To al whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS h IGHAFFIE, a subject of the King of Great'Britain, residing at Fusilier, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have.

invented-new and useful Improvements in Bag-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention comprehends generally improvements in that class of inventions known as paper receptacles and more particularly relates to a bag fastener. I

It is the principal aim and object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character wherein the body of the bag carries suitable means near the mouth thereof so that subsequent to the placing of suitable contents in the bag the mouth portion of the bag may be folded upon itself and the said means fastened so as toassure of the maintenance of the bag in a closed position while at the same time the fastening means is designed to act as a handle to facilitate the carrying of the bag with the contents therein.

More particularly, the present invention consists in the provision of 'adevice of the above mentioned character wherein apertion or extension on the upper-edge of one side of the bag is designed to form a casement for receiving and retaining a tie cord which, subsequent to the rolling or folding of the mouth portion of the bag, is positioned so that the terminals thereof may'be fastened together for retaining the contents of the bag.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the character described with a view to compactness, andin which the number of parts are few, the construction simple and the cost of production low and the efficiency high.

Other improvementsand novel details in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detail in the descr1p tion to follow, which for a clear understanding of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in this connection that minor changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made -without departing from the principle .of

operation of the various parts;

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective detail showing the mouth of the bag arranged in an open position, and i I Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the same parts showing the bag fastened.

Fig. 8 is a vertical sectional detail of the structure of Fig. 2.

Snmlar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views, to

indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there is illustrated a bag which comprises a body 1 formed of paper and folded on vertical creases 2 so that the bag when extended'assumes a substan-- tially rectangular shape While the lower portions of the sides and ends of the bag are closed as at 3 in 'a conventional manner forming a bottom, of course, for the body. An extension 4 projects from the front portion 5 of the body at the mouth thereof and this extension is fold'able upon itself and secured such as by glue, to the main part of the front portion 5 as'indicated forming a casement 6 while anchored within this casement, by the glue. is a piece of cord 7 the end portions 9 of which project beyond the ends of the case ment as indicated.

In the use of a bag embodying the invention, the mouth is closed by bringing that side of the bag opposite the one containing the casing 6 over against the latter side. The two remaining sides are thus folded inwardly and lie-interposed between the two first said sides. The edge of the bag is then folded over to envelop the casement and the folded edge thus bent to assume the form shown in Fig. 2. thus leaving the ends of the cord in proximity to each other where they may be tied together to form the carrying medium for the device. as clearly shown.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a further detailed description of the operation of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the extension down While leaving the cord ex- 10 advantages of the invention will be readily tending from the two ends of the casement apparent. thus provided, then bringing all that portion Vhatis claimed as new is: ofthe month not included in the easement The method of preparing a closure for a down against the latter and folding the same paper bag extended at the mouth for a p01:- to. envelop the easement, and finally tying to- 15 tion of its perimeter which consists in turnT ,gether the extremities of the cord.

'ing over the extended portion then dispos- In testimony whereof I affix my signature; ing a cord'under the same, thenpastingthe THOMAS MGHAFFIE. 

